LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Item Open High Low Close % Cng Net Cng Trend Market Update Precious Metals Gold $ 1169.5 1172.0 1167.1 1169.9 0.0 0.4 15.92 15.95 15.71 15.74 -1.1 -0.2 LME Alum. 1778.0 1784.5 1778.0 1784.5 0.1 2.5 LME Copper 5729.0 5745.0 5714.0 5730.0 -0.1 -3.5 Silver $ Bank of Japan board member Takahide Kiuchi said that an appropriate level of inflation for Japan now is lower than the central bank's 2 percent target. "If the BOJ strengthens monetary easing excessively to push up prices in a short period of time to a level beyond what is justified by the economy's growth potential, this could destabilize economic activity and prices," Kiuchi said in a speech to business leaders in Maebashi, a city north of Tokyo. A former market economist, Kiuchi has been a lone proponent of making the BOJ's 2 percent inflation target a long-term goal without a deadline. He also voted against the BOJ's monetary easing in October last year and has continued to propose reverting back to the pace of asset purchases before the decision. His proposals have been turned down by an 8-1 vote. Base Metal LME Lead LME Nickel LME Zinc 1809.0 1815.5 1807.5 1811.0 0.0 0.0 14350.0 14360.0 14260.0 14285.0 -0.8 -110.0 2015.0 2025.5 2015.0 2022.5 0.3 5.0 Energy Crude $ 50.96 51.16 48.89 49.53 -2.44 -1.24 2.78 2.78 2.74 2.75 -0.1 -3.2 96.32 97.85 96.30 97.73 1.4600 1.4077 Euro 1.0847 1.0856 1.0820 1.0841 -0.0400 -0.0004 GB Pound 1.5039 1.5066 1.5024 1.5061 0.1700 0.0026 Japan YEN 120.68 120.97 120.58 120.96 0.1300 0.1600 60.36 60.94 59.72 60.45 1.2200 0.7312 Singapore 1.3752 1.3820 1.3748 1.3813 0.3300 0.0046 Canadian 1.2612 1.2627 1.2595 1.2615 -0.0600 -0.0008 Swissfranc 0.9851 0.9872 0.9835 0.9863 0.0900 0.0009 RMB 6.2620 6.2664 6.2620 6.2620 0.0000 0.0000 Nat. Gas $ Currency Dollar Index Rus. Rouble TIME ZONE DATA Forecast Previous 12:30pm EUR German Trade Balance 3:00pm EUR Sentix Investor Confidence All Day EUR Eurogroup Meetings 0 0 7:30pm USD Labor Market Conditions Index m/m 0 4.9 20.4B 21.8B 15.3 12.4 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 RBI warns against stronger rupee, even as it helps ease inflationary pressures. "The rupee has remained strong relative to peer countries. While an excessively strong rupee is undesirable, it too creates disinflationary impulses," RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan says in a statement. The rupee's mention comes as part of RBI's statement cutting rates unexpectedly. However, Rajan reiterates RBI does not target exchange rate. RBI has intervened throughout this year to prevent rupee strength although it has also stepped in at times of excessive weakness. Page No 1 NSE-CUR USDINR Mar 2015 Rupee ended with gains as dealers avoided taking long dollar positions ahead of the extended weekend. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said the central bank could not afford to cut interest rates to reduce foreign flows into the country because of high inflation. The RBI unexpectedly cut interest rates in January but held rates steady at its policy review in February. Although the RBI is broadly expected to cut interest rates further, India has attracted $10.26 billion net inflows into debt and shares this year because of confidence that inflation will remain low and expectations for an economic recovery. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unexpectedly cut its benchmark repo rate citing improvement in the government’s fiscal quality and lower inflation before market hours on Wednesday. The rupee opened strongly on Wednesday but ended lower after dollar demand from state-owned banks likely on behalf of RBI, and a sharp fall in the local stock market forced dealers to buy back dollars. Investors also preferred not to book major positions ahead of the release of the monetary policy of European Central Bank. Bond investors also remained cautious ahead of the release of India's monthly retail inflation, even after the Reserve Bank of India cut its repo rate by 25 basis points for a second time this year. Technically market is under long liquidation as market has witnessed drop in open interest by 2.4% to settled at 1214764, now USDINR is getting support at 62.3825 and below same could see a test of 62.3225 level, And resistance is now likely to be seen at 62.56, a move above could see prices testing 62.6775. OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE % RE VOL OI 62.60 62.62 62.44 62.48 -0.11 -0.07 1,368,951 1214764 R1 R2 62.58 62.69 R3 62.76 PP 62.51 S1 62.40 S2 S3 62.33 62.23 Trading Ideas : # # # # # # USDINR trading range for the day is 62.33-62.69. Rupee ended with gains as dealers avoided taking long dollar positions ahead of the extended weekend. Softer readings on inflation are expected to come in through the first half of 2015-16 before firming up to below 6 per cent in the second half – RBI RBI Governor said the central bank could not afford to cut interest rates to reduce foreign flows into the country because of high inflation. RBI Reference Rate for USDINR was 62.2015 vs 62.2015. BUY USDINR ABV 62.65 SL 62.40 TGT 62.90-63.10-63.30. LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Page No 2 NSE-CUR EURINR Mar 2015 Euro dropped as pressure seen on the back of solid US macroeconomic figures and despite rather positive fundamentals coming from the euro zone. The currency's plunge continues, as the European Central Bank is set to begin its€60 billion a month quantitative easing program on Monday. ECB president Mario Draghi announced that the bond buying program will last until September, 2016 or beyond if the central bank does not approach its target inflation rate of 2%.Investors have already driven yields across Europe to record lows in anticipation of the ECB's largesse, greatly widening the yield advantage of the U.S. dollar in the process. Greece's jobless rate climbed in December for the first time in four months, while economists had expected it to ease, figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority showed. The unemployment rate rose to 26 percent from 25.9 percent in the previous two months. The country's jobless rate was also 26 percent in September versus 26.2 percent in August. Germany's construction sector expanded in February after contracting in the previous month, results of a survey from Markit Economics showed. The purchasing managers' index, or PMI, for the construction sector, rose to 53.1 in February from 49.5 in January. This marked the fastest rate of expansion in three months. Technically market is under fresh selling as market has witnessed gain in open interest by 3.29% to settled at 40944 while prices down -0.52 rupee, now EURINR is getting support at 68.9425 and below same could see a test of 68.6975 level, And resistance is now likely to be seen at 69.445, a move above could see prices testing 69.7025. OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE % RE VOL OI 69.46 69.46 68.96 69.10 -0.75 -0.52 55,020 40944 R1 R2 69.39 69.67 R3 69.89 PP 69.17 S1 68.88 S2 S3 68.67 68.38 Trading Ideas : # # # # # # EURINR trading range for the day is 68.67-69.67. Euro dropped as pressure seen on the back of solid US macroeconomic figures and despite rather positive fundamentals coming from the euro zone. The currency's plunge continues, as the European Central Bank is set to begin its€60 billion a month quantitative easing program on Monday. ECB President announced that the bond buying program will last until September, 2016 or beyond if the central bank does not approach its target inflation rate of 2%. RBI Reference Rate for EURINR was 68.602 vs 68.602. SELL EURINR BELOW 68.90 SL 69.10 TGT 68.60-68.30. LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Page No 3 NSE-CUR GBPINR Mar 2015 GBP dropped after growth in Britain's dominant services sector eased in February lagging the United States where growth picked up modestly last month. The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at their current record low of 0.50%, where they have been since March 2009. The central bank also maintained the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion. Industry data showed that U.K. house prices declined by 0.3% last month, worse than expectations for a 0.2% drop. U.K. house prices increased 1.9% in January, downwardly revised from a previously reported gain of 2.0%. U.K. house prices in the three months to February were 8.3% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, below forecasts for a gain of 8.5% gain and down from an increase of 8.5% in January. The UK Markit/CIPS UK Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slipped more than expected to 56.7, from 57.2 in January, and well below a Reuters forecast of 57.5. For the United States, the index rose to 57.1, its highest level since October. The reading was roughly even with the preliminary read of 57.0 and up from the 54.2 recorded in January. Data earlier in the week showed growth in the construction sector reached a four-month high while manufacturing growth was at a seven-month peak in February. Technically market is under long liquidation as market has witnessed drop in open interest by -9.8% to settled at 29522, now GBPINR is getting support at 95.155 and below same could see a test of 94.94 level, And resistance is now likely to be seen at 95.615, a move above could see prices testing 95.86. OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE % RE VOL OI 95.60 95.65 95.19 95.30 -0.66 -0.64 45,983 29522 R1 R2 95.57 95.84 R3 96.0 PP 95.4 S1 S2 S3 95.1 94.92 94.65 Trading Ideas : # # # # # # GBPINR trading range for the day is 94.92-95.84. GBP dropped after growth in Britain's dominant services sector eased in February lagging the United States where growth picked up modestly last month. The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at their current record low of 0.50%, where they have been since March 2009. The central bank also maintained the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion. RBI Reference Rate for GBPINR was 94.7142 vs 94.7142. SELL GBPINR BELOW 95.00 SL 95.30 TGT 94.72-94.55. LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Page No 4 NSE-CUR JPYINR Mar 2015 JPY seen under pressure as firmness in dollar weighed, though downside seen limited on safe-haven demand for yen after China's downgrade of its growth outlook. Japan's weekly portfolio flow data released overnight supports our case for outflows from Japanese investors to weaken the JPY this year. Japan's weekly capital flows data showed that foreign investors bought a net 624.5 billion yen in overseas equities in the week ended Feb. 28. That is the second largest amount of weekly net purchases of foreign shares by Japanese investors, based on Japanese Finance Ministry data going back to 2005, and also marks the 15th straight week of net purchases. Japan's service sector contracted in February after expanding in the previous month, results of a survey by Markit Economics showed. The services purchasing managers' index, or PMI, fell to 48.5 in February from 51.3 in January. This marked a moderate rate of decline in service sector activity. The monetary base in Japan spiked 36.7 percent on year in February, the Bank of Japan said, coming in at 275.261 trillion yen. Banknotes in circulation added 3.7 percent on year, while coins in circulation added 0.8 percent. Current account balances climbed 63.6 percent, including a 64.6 percent spike in reserve balances. Technically market is under fresh selling as market has witnessed gain in open interest by 26.1% to settled at 12766 while prices down -0.3 rupee, now JPYINR is getting support at 51.9 and below same could see a test of 51.7525 level, And resistance is now likely to be seen at 52.2475, a move above could see prices testing 52.4475. OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE % RE VOL OI 52.30 52.30 51.95 51.98 -0.57 -0.30 21,439 12766 R1 R2 52.20 52.43 R3 52.6 PP 52.1 S1 S2 S3 51.9 51.73 51.51 Trading Ideas : # # # # # # JPYINR trading range for the day is 51.73-52.43. JPY seen under pressure as firmness in dollar weighed, though downside seen limited on safe-haven demand for yen after China's downgrade of its growth outlook. Japan's weekly portfolio flow data released overnight supports our case for outflows from Japanese investors to weaken the JPY this year. BOJ's Kiuchi: Fiscal consolidation extremely important for QQE exit, sees concern of higher risk BOJ perceived financing debt. RBI Reference Rate for JPYINR was 51.89 vs 51.89. SELL JPYINR @ 52.30 SL 52.60 TGT 52.05-51.85. LKP SECURITIES LIMITED Page 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 5 No SPREAD MATRIX FOR USDINR MONTH RATE MAR 62.48 APR 62.89 MAY 63.24 MAR SPREAD MATRIX FOR EURINR MAY MONTH RATE 0.76 MAR 69.10 0.34 APR 69.54 -3.00 MAY 70.00 -5.00 SPREAD MATRIX FOR GBPINR MONTH RATE MAR MAR 95.30 APR 95.89 -3.00 MAY 96.55 -5.00 MAY MONTH RATE 0.588 1.25 MAR 51.98 0.66 APR 52.30 MAY 52.65 INR U.S. $ APR 0.44 MAY 0.90 0.47 SPREAD MATRIX FOR JPYINR APR MAJOR CURRENCY CROSS RATES Last Trade MAR APR 0.415 Euro € U.K. £ ¥en MAR APR 0.31 MAY 0.67 0.35 RBI Reference Rate 1 INR = - 0.0160 0.0148 0.0106 1.9336 Date 1 U.S. $ = 62.450 - 0.9221 0.6637 120.960 USD 62.202 62.202 1 Euro € = 67.730 1.0841 - 0.7198 131.14 EURO 68.602 68.602 1 U.K. £ = 94.034 1.5061 1.3890 - 182.19 YEN 51.890 51.890 1 ¥en = 0.5163 0.0083 0.7625 0.0055 - GBP 94.714 94.714 LKP SECURITIES LIMITED 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Last Previous Page No 6 Contact Us LKP SECURITIES LIMITED Head Office LKP SECURITIES LIMITED Currency Desk 13th Floor Raheja Center, Free Press Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 Phone:022- 66351234 Ext 239 . 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